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Scene 5-6 中級 Shipwreck ～難破船～

Neighbors

It is now the evening of the first day aboard the cruise liner. Sam and Joan are having dinner in the main restaurant when Joan spots Sam at the buffet, up to his old tricks. She confronts him and they realize that not only are they on the ship together, they're also neighbors.

Lesson

Dialogダイアログ
Explanationsフレーズ解説
Translation日本語訳

Dialog

繰り返し聴いて英語の自然なリズムを身につけましょう。

Joan: Why don’t you just stuff a lobster down your pants while you’re at it, and make yourself totally conspicuous?

Sam: Oh my god! What the hell are you doing here?!

Joan: I was going to ask you the same question, Samuel.

Sam: Audrey bought me a first class ticket. It was a birthday present.

Joan: Really? Well she bought me a first class ticket as well, for Mother’s Day.

Sam: First class? That means the “Sommerville” sign I saw…we’re…NEIGHBORS!

Joan: There must be some kind of mistake. What number are you?

Sam: 202

Joan: Dear god, I’m 201! Audrey must have done this to get us to spend some time together – you know, to reconcile or something.

Sam: Did you just figure that out there, Sherlock? Tell you what. I’m sure neither of us really wants to see the other while we’re on this boat, so I’ll ask for a room change first thing tomorrow. And then we can avoid each other for the rest of the trip.

Joan: That would be fine with me.

Explanations

ポイントとなる内容を確認してより理解を深めましょう。

英文解説
日本語解説

At last they meet, and their worst fears are realized: Sam and Joan are not just on the same ship, they're neighbors. In this dialogue, the dinner on the ship is a buffet. Sam and Joan are sitting in different parts of the restaurant, and Joan spots Sam at the buffet, sneaking food. The idea of first class, all-inclusive has not yet sunk in for him. One thing in this dialogue, Sam calls Joan "Sherlock" after stating the obvious fact that Audrey bought both of them first class tickets in order to set them up. As many of you may know, Sherlock Holmes is a famous detective from the classic series by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock is a great detective who had amazing powers of perception. In this case, his name is being invoked sarcastically. When some states the obvious about a situation, this expression is often used to let them know the redundancy of their comment.

ついに二人は会い、最も恐れていたことが現実になります。サムとジョアンは同じ船に乗り合わせただけでなく、部屋も隣合わせです。今回のダイアログでは、船上ディナーはビュッフェです。サムとジョアンはレストランの別々の場所に座り、ジョアンがビュッフェで、食べ物を持ち出そうとしているサムを見つけたのです。ファーストクラスですべて込みという考えは、まだ彼には十分理解されていません。このダイアログでひとつ言っておくと、サムがジョアンのことを"Sherlock"と呼んでいます。オードリーが二人にファーストクラスのチケットを買ってくれたのは、二人を会わせるのが目的だったというわかりきったことをわざわざ言った後に。多くの方がご存知のどおり、シャーロック・ホームズはアーサー・コナン・ドイル氏によって書かれた古典的なシリーズに登場する有名な探偵です。シャーロックは驚くべき知性をもった偉大な探偵なのです。このダイアログで、彼の名前は、皮肉たっぷりに引き合いに出されています。発言内容が状況的にわかりきっていることである場合、しばしばこの表現で、そのコメントが余計だと知らせます。

Words & Phrases

stuff ~ down one's pants:
〜をズボンに詰め込む

conspicuous
著名な、目立つ

reconcile:
仲直りさせる